OSPF Jobs in the UK excluding London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 523 548
Rank change year-on-year +126 +25 +34
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 163 246 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.35% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.05% 2.51% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 140 192 150
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,825
25th Percentile £42,375 £42,188 £44,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £48,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.28% +4.86% -11.90%
75th Percentile £57,813 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

OSPF falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,346 9,815 11,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.52% 13.96% 18.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 7,128 4,863
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,688 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +120 94 £53,000 +0.95% 25
North of England +30 22 £55,000 +29.41% 14
Midlands +43 18 £35,000 -27.84% 12
West Midlands +12 18 £35,000 -27.84% 8
South West +98 15 £56,121 +15.71% 8
Yorkshire +73 13 £44,700 -8.78% 6
East of England +62 9 £52,000 -16.80% 4
North West -23 8 £57,500 +43.75% 7
Wales +48 3 £55,000 +18.28% 6
Scotland +126 2 £67,500 +3.85% 15
North East +47 1 £28,000 -55.20% 1
OSPF
UK

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (7.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.63%) Azure
2 22 (13.50%) AWS
3 15 (9.20%) Google Workspace
4 9 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.68%) SaaS
6 4 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.23%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.23%) Serverless
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 153 (93.87%) BGP
2 117 (71.78%) Firewall
3 87 (53.37%) EIGRP
4 63 (38.65%) Network Security
5 56 (34.36%) TCP/IP
6 55 (33.74%) WAN
7 41 (25.15%) VLAN
7 41 (25.15%) VPN
8 35 (21.47%) Cisco ASA
9 34 (20.86%) LAN
10 26 (15.95%) MPLS
11 25 (15.34%) IPsec
12 24 (14.72%) SD-WAN
13 23 (14.11%) DHCP
13 23 (14.11%) DNS
14 20 (12.27%) WLAN
15 18 (11.04%) Cisco Firepower
15 18 (11.04%) Wireless
16 16 (9.82%) DMVPN
17 13 (7.98%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) JMeter
General
1 37 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.82%) Retail
3 15 (9.20%) Automotive
4 12 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.52%) Police
6 6 (3.68%) Local Government
7 5 (3.07%) Advertising
8 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Finance
9 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Aviation
11 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 106 (65.03%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.56%) Network Security Engineer
2 27 (16.56%) Security Engineer
3 21 (12.88%) IT Engineer
3 21 (12.88%) Senior
4 17 (10.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 17 (10.43%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 17 (10.43%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (9.20%) Systems Engineer
6 14 (8.59%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 12 (7.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 10 (6.13%) 1st Line Engineer
8 10 (6.13%) Cisco Engineer
8 10 (6.13%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 9 (5.52%) Lead
10 8 (4.91%) Designer
10 8 (4.91%) Network Designer
10 8 (4.91%) Network Support
10 8 (4.91%) Network Support Engineer
10 8 (4.91%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.45%) JSON
2 4 (2.45%) REST
2 4 (2.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.70%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.82%) Management Information System
3 15 (9.20%) Smartphone
4 9 (5.52%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.29%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.68%) PMI
7 3 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.84%) PKI
8 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.61%) Clustering
9 1 (0.61%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.61%) SCADA
9 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.88%) Linux
2 20 (12.27%) Windows
3 16 (9.82%) Windows 10
3 16 (9.82%) Windows Server
4 15 (9.20%) Mac OS X
4 15 (9.20%) Ubuntu
4 15 (9.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (9.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (15.34%) Network Design
2 19 (11.66%) Computer Science
3 18 (11.04%) Network Management
4 16 (9.82%) Performance Tuning
5 15 (9.20%) Business Case
5 15 (9.20%) Network Monitoring
5 15 (9.20%) Systems Engineering
6 14 (8.59%) Project Delivery
7 13 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (6.75%) Line Management
8 11 (6.75%) Network Architecture
9 9 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (5.52%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (4.91%) Business Continuity
10 8 (4.91%) ITIL
10 8 (4.91%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (4.91%) Service Delivery
11 7 (4.29%) Agile
11 7 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (4.29%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.72%) PowerShell
2 20 (12.27%) SQL
3 12 (7.36%) Python
4 3 (1.84%) Bash
5 2 (1.23%) R
6 1 (0.61%) Java
6 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 92 (56.44%) Security Cleared
2 74 (45.40%) SC Cleared
3 67 (41.10%) DV Cleared
4 45 (27.61%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (19.02%) Degree
6 24 (14.72%) CCNA
7 23 (14.11%) CCNP
8 19 (11.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (9.20%) HNC
9 15 (9.20%) HND
9 15 (9.20%) MCSE
9 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.68%) CCIE
10 6 (3.68%) PMI Certification
11 4 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.84%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.61%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.61%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.84%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.23%) GDPR
2 2 (1.23%) QA
3 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (13.50%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.98%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.68%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.45%) Docker
6 3 (1.84%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (20.86%) FortiGate
2 13 (7.98%) Ansible
3 9 (5.52%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.68%) WSUS
6 4 (2.45%) Terraform
7 2 (1.23%) Iperf
7 2 (1.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 139 (85.28%) Cisco
2 96 (58.90%) Fortinet
3 54 (33.13%) Juniper
4 28 (17.18%) VMware
5 27 (16.56%) Microsoft
6 20 (12.27%) CheckPoint
6 20 (12.27%) Ubiquiti
7 18 (11.04%) Palo Alto
8 16 (9.82%) Dell
8 16 (9.82%) SolarWinds
9 15 (9.20%) Apple
9 15 (9.20%) Google
10 10 (6.13%) F5
11 8 (4.91%) McAfee
12 5 (3.07%) Aruba
12 5 (3.07%) Draytek
12 5 (3.07%) HP
13 3 (1.84%) Citrix
13 3 (1.84%) Meraki
14 2 (1.23%) Riverbed